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Half-inch 1600/6250 BPI Data Interchange Solution

HP 88780 9-Track Tape Drive

The HP 88780B front-loading nine-track tape drive offers high reliability, low maintenance and board-level diagnostics to minimize service requirements.

The Autoload feature automatically centers any standard size reel from 6 to 10.5 inches, locks the reel and then threads the tape. The 512-Kbyte cache buffer helps maintain streaming performance even during start-stop application.

Specifications:

Speed 125 ips
Density 1600, 3200, 6250 cpi
Transfer Rate 769 Kb/sec. (GCR)
Data Capacity (GCR) 140 MB
MTBF 22,400 hours (GCR)
Size 8.75"H x 19"W x 26.8"D
Weight (lb.) 86

Data Interchange Special:

We also offer a complete range of data interchange software for the tape drive (additional cost) that will allow the reading and writing of mainframe and unix format tapes for almost any platform including:

  • DOS
  • Unix (most versions)
  • Windows NT/2000
  • Windows 95/98

Information on the software can be found at avaxmisc.html

Refurbished HP 88780 (6 month warranty) price is only

$1,295 (U.S.)

plus shipping - Credit card orders only.

Subject to availability



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